Greenland

The northern Scandinavian country of Greenland (which is part of the kingdom of Denmark) is the broad-strokes setting for the narrative. Isolated, cold, and minimally populated, there is a sense of implied isolation about the country and its situation that is a potent and important subtext for the sense of isolation that, in one way or another, shapes the lives and perspectives of the characters.

Nuuk

Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, a small city of slightly less than 18,000 people, and is the book's primary setting. It is the country's most populated region, the center of cultural and political and economic activity, and from all indications in the narrative, a somewhat thriving nightlife.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark. It is the city to which Inuk flees after escaping imprisonment in Nuuk (that imprisonment is either literal or metaphorical, existing in Inuk's mind and perceptions of...